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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Solidarity (Solidarność) — Poland's independent trade union movement (1980–1989)

Solidarity (Solidarność) — Poland's independent trade union movement (1980–1989)

  1. Workers’ Defence Committee (KOR) is founded

    Labels: Workers' Defence, Polish intellectuals

  2. Anna Walentynowicz is fired at Gdańsk shipyard

    Labels: Anna Walentynowicz, Lenin Shipyard

  4. Gdańsk Agreement recognizes independent union rights

    Labels: Gda sk, Polish government

  5. Inter-factory committees form national Solidarity union

    Labels: Inter-factory Committees, Solidarity

  6. Solidarity is officially registered by Polish Supreme Court

    Labels: Polish Supreme, Solidarity

  7. Nationwide warning strike follows Bydgoszcz beatings

    Labels: Bydgoszcz beatings, Solidarity

  8. First Solidarity national congress opens in Gdańsk

    Labels: Solidarity Congress, Delegates' convention

  9. Martial law imposed; Solidarity leaders detained

    Labels: Martial law, Wojciech Jaruzelski

  10. Wujek Coal Mine strike is violently suppressed

    Labels: Wujek Coal, Security forces

  11. Martial law is formally lifted, repression continues

    Labels: Martial law, Polish authorities

  12. Priest Jerzy Popiełuszko is kidnapped and killed

    Labels: Jerzy Popie, Security officers

  13. 1988 strike wave forces government to negotiate

    Labels: 1988 strike, Polish workers

  14. Round Table talks open between regime and opposition

    Labels: Round Table, Solidarity

  15. Solidarity is re-legalized and registered again

    Labels: Solidarity, Polish court

  16. Solidarity wins Poland’s semi-free parliamentary elections

    Labels: Semi-free elections, Solidarity candidates

  17. Mazowiecki becomes prime minister, ending communist-led rule

    Labels: Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish government